Youseff Mazouz

Youssef is a student in Branford College double-majoring in History and Political Science, with a certificate in Human Rights Studies through the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs. He is broadly interested in studying the implications of the evolving modern global order amid increasing political polarization. 

He is also specifically interested in researching Spain and Portugal's broader diplomatic relationship with Latin America in contrast with the United States, assessing a wide range of factors related to historical ties, linguistic similarities, and culminating in the economic and foreign policy positions of Iberia and the United States towards the region. He is further interested in exploring the tension between Spain and Portugal's integration with prominent Western alliance institutions such as NATO and the European Union, and the evolution of the two countries' vested interests in Latin America in the aftermath of the Monroe Doctrine. 

The question of whether Iberia acts unilaterally towards Latin America or in accordance with U.S./EU policy is also of great importance. Important case studies include Spain's approach to the political instability in Venezuela in contrast to the U.S., and Spain's investment in the Cuban economy in comparison to the United States' Cuba embargo.